Scientists think they may have come from space. For years scientists had been finding organic compounds in meteorites, but could not rule out the possibility that they were Earth-based contamination.

One type, however, known as a pallasite meteorite is very different. They are made of olive-green crystals that are composed of magnesium-iron silicate called olivine. This olivine is embedded ...

The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than three billion years ago is changing the way scientists view the history of Earth and the planet's stages of evolution.

The type of space ... last July 25 at 5:02 p.m. … was probably in space for millions or tens of millions of years prior to that,” he added. Today, the Charlottetown meteorite is part of ...

It was a respectable tenure, but the world’s oldest known meteorite site is no longer western Australia’s 2.2 billion-year-old, 43-mile-wide Yarrabubba crater. Researchers at Curtin University ...

Most meteorites are bits of asteroid, which are themselves leftovers from the formation of the solar system. What is the difference between a meteor, a meteorite, a meteoroid and an asteroid?